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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres named former Dutch foreign minister Sigrid Kaag as the new UN Middle East envoy, a UN spokesperson said on Friday.Kaag will also continue in her current role as the UN senior…

The Israeli government approved the hostage deal at 1 a.m. on Saturday after over seven hours of debate, Walla reported.Twenty-four ministers voted in favor, and eight ministers voted against. The meeting was supposed to start at 3:30…

The Israeli Justice Ministry released a page on its website on Friday that listed 95 Palestinian prisoners that would be released in a hostage release deal with Hamas.According to the deal's outline, their release will not take place before…

Yarden Bibas, Shiri Bibas, Ariel Bibas and Kfir Bibas were among the 33 names listed to be released from Hamas captivity under the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal, which was confirmed to have been signed Friday.The young…

The financial markets in Israel have in recent days been behaving as if they know something we don’t. With the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas set to begin on Sunday, the shekel is strengthening, and the stock market gains suggest hopes…

Israel's security cabinet voted Friday afternoon to recommend the government approve the outline for the hostage deal after "understanding that the proposed deal supports the achievement of the objectives of the war," the prime minister's…

The list of the 33 hostages set to be released in the first stage of the deal hostage deal was published on Friday. The names are: Liri Albag, Itzhak Elgarat, Karina Ariev, Ohad Ben Ami, Ariel Bibas, Yarden Bibas, Kfir Bibas, Shiri…

'To everything there is a season,” reads the Book of Ecclesiastes, “and a time to every purpose under heaven.”“A time to weep, and a time to laugh,” the verses continue. “A time to mourn, and a time to dance.”This creates a dichotomous…

Some 73% of Israelis favor a hostage deal to return the hostages held in Hamas captivity to Israel, according to a Maariv poll published on Friday.Israel and Hamas signed the deal in Doha in the early hours of Friday. The poll also…

Outgoing Democratic US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "has to find a way to accommodate the legitimate concerns" of Palestinians for the long-term sustainability of Israel."And the idea that…

We fully support the deal to get the hostages home that Israel and Hamas agreed to in Qatar – but with reservations.As President Isaac Herzog told the nation on Wednesday night in his appeal to the government to approve the agreement, the…

Representatives of Israel, Hamas, the US, and Qatar have officially signed the hostage deal and Gaza ceasefire in Doha, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed in a statement Friday morning. According to the statement, Prime Minister…

The cabinet pushed the hostage release deal meeting back to Saturday, an Israeli government source told CNN on Thursday night. This date change comes after reports from Israeli media that the smaller state security cabinet would…

A ceasefire agreement is in the works between Israel and Hamas. Obviously its not going to last forever, but what led up to this point is interesting. As we reported earlier, Steve Witcoff called the Israelis from Doha and told them he was…

How Israel decides which Palestinian prisoners to release, what are the legal considerations, and how have previous hostage deals impacted the current outlook, Lt.-Gen. Maurice Hirsch, who served in the IDF Military Advocate General Corps…

After months of intense negotiations, Israel is set to implement the first phase of a hostage release agreement on Sunday, January 19, 2025. This initial phase will see the release of 33 hostages over 42 days. The hostages include women,…

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Thursday evening that if the Gaza ceasefire is implemented, his Otzma Yehudit party will leave the government. "The deal that is taking shape is a reckless deal," Ben-Gvir said in…

Senior Israeli officials have indicated their intention to remain in southern Lebanon beyond the 60-day ceasefire, due to the slow deployment of the Lebanese army, raising concerns in Washington, The Jerusalem Post learned on…

Senior Israeli officials have indicated their intention to remain in southern Lebanon beyond the 60-day ceasefire, due to the slow deployment of the Lebanese army, raising concerns in Washington.The Jerusalem Post learned on Thursday that…

The leader of Yemen's Houthis said on Thursday that the Iran-aligned group would monitor the implementation of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas aimed at ending the war in Gaza and continue its attacks on vessels or Israel if it is…

At the start of hostage negotiations in October 2023 there were a dizzying series of reports and rumors about who was responsible for the fate of hostages fate on behalf of the State of Israel’s behalf.Names such as Gal Hirsch – Prime…

By the time the eagerly awaited but successively postponed press conference in Doha began, just before 9 p.m. Israel time on Wednesday evening, the mood at the hostage protest camp on Jerusalem’s Balfour Street was quiet.Many in the Middle…

"I don't think there is a name for this feeling - having your child, spouse, loved one stolen from you and not being able to do anything about it," Udi Goren, whose cousin Tal Haimi's body is still being held by Hamas, said Thursday,…

The childhood of Hazem Alghabra, a former senior advisor to the US State Department, was far from typical for a young Syrian boy. Born in the early 1980s to an educated, urban, and relatively laic family, his early years were shaped by…

Since 2021, when Hamas fired rockets on Israel to “retaliate” for Israeli actions it was unhappy with relating to the Temple Mount and east Jerusalem, Israel has experienced a growing multifront threat.This grew to include Hezbollah and…